Monday, 14 July 2014

"Too often, we decide to follow a path that is not really our own, one
that others have set for us. We forget that whichever way we go, the price is
the same: in both cases, we will pass through both difficult and happy moments.
But when we are living our dream, the difficulties we encounter make sense."

- Paulo Coelho

I just found out that most people feel
as though they are living someone else’s life. I really thought that only a few
of us crazies have the time and wanton imagination to really question where we
are in life, but apparently, most people feel this way. We can now stop
evil-eyeing those seemingly perfect people who “have their act together”.

It’s pretty daunting to wander aimlessly
through life’s train station and wonder which train to jump on; which direction
to take without anyone telling you where it’s going to end up. A guarantee that
it will go to Hogwarts would be nice, but chances are many are headed straight toward
Little Whinging with Uncle Vernon at the door step.

In A Maiden’s Legacy, Anjeli has
forgotten what it’s like to do anything with passion. She wants to go back to
being a hero but feels as though her path has always been set for her. Anger,
dissatisfaction and boredom have become her dreaded companions. She finds it
difficult to concentrate on anything; she feels she has lost herself.

“...finding
fulfilment comes from four main areas: discovering yourvalues, finding yourpurpose, connecting to
yourpassionsand playing to
your naturalstrengths.”—(http://www.careershifters.org/expert-advice/finding-fulfilment-in-your-life-and-work)

So now comes the final part of Anjeli’s journey—the last book of The
Scarlet Omen trilogy. She has to start taking things into her own hands and
fight for what she believes in despite the stupid prophecy that has changed her
life completely.

The problem with life is that you can’t
always just psych yourself up to be happy and fulfilled because someone or
something will always step up and say, “Hell to the no!” So what do we do? How
do we stay ourselves and be who we want to be with all the outside influences
striving to put us down at every turn?

I seriously don’t know and am trying to
find out as well. Maybe Anjeli will figure it out for me and save me the
trouble! I’ll let you know.